Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

Without trying, I'm different.

Successful organizing is based on the recognition that people get organized because they, too, have a vision.

Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine.

There are three critical ingredients to democratic renewal and progressive change in America: good public policy, grassroots organizing and electoral politics.

Above and beyond the question of how to grow the economy there is a legitimate concern about how to grow the quality of our lives.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.